Epidemics in America

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This course examines the causes and consequences of the spread of epidemic disease in the American past. Topics will include historical understandings of health, healing, and the human body; societal and/or governmental responses to disease; disease and social identities; and the long-term consequences of epidemics. Course Attributes: Solidarity & Kinship Flag, Humanities Elect/Integrations, History - US Region, Medical & Health Human minor, MHH - History of Medicine, MHH - Upper Division Elective, Population Health College of Arts & Sciences History